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by marquis 13y ago
I think that all self-publishing needs to go mainstream is a few major authors to go down that route. We used to rely on bookstores to decide which books were the ones to read, much as video rental stores and movie theatres told us which mo
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by marquis 13y ago
It's a thought experiment. Assume that both neighbourhoods provide the same services.
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by marquis 13y ago
Yes I think that's how it went!
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by marquis 13y ago
In regards to subjective happiness and income, I like to pose the question: Would you rather earn $80,000 and live in a neighbourhood of those earning $100,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 and live in a neighbourhood of those earning
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by marquis 13y ago
That was my impression also. I was taught programming in school in the 80s and it was part of our mathematics class, to do what Papert intended. Many of us went on to have technical careers in architecture (the design teacher went crazy whe
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by marquis 13y ago
>a certain percentage are poor because their moral character is defective That's really not fair in my opinion. You could say the same about the wealthy. I grew up in relative poverty in a wealthy environment and I really would say
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by marquis 13y ago
Can you source a router and teach them to build their own internet over private LAN? There is a huge range of basic to one-day advanced things they could do with socket programming and building basic client/servers to have fun with. Th
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by marquis 13y ago
http://railsgirls.com is an excellent program.
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by marquis 13y ago
tokbox is a great API, it also has client->client data messaging so you can build quite rich apps around the video/audio chat. Was impressed.
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by marquis 13y ago
I also assume when traveling I have no data, and download a map to my phone before leaving for GPS. When driving around LA however, for example, I'll use Google Maps which is a total data hog and works great on T-Mobile most anywhere.
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by marquis 13y ago
http://www.muoptics.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mu-Optics/274122436049948 I've spoken to these guys and they are just taking longer than expected. I don't think it's vaporware. Th
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by marquis 13y ago
That's a great idea. Next time we put out a request for resumes we might just make something that allows for this. And put it on github..
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by marquis 13y ago
I'd rather have been me, 10 years ago (i.e. 25yr female) applying to an accelerator. Looking back however, that me needed an incredible amount of guidance regardless of talent and I'd think it's a million times easier to get
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by marquis 13y ago
Your comments on school history etc are completely valid in the context of inference. I'd like to think that we could genuinely make a fairly well balanced system for meritocratic selection. Yes, it's a lot of work and there is al
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by marquis 13y ago
Blind applications would make me more comfortable to consider applying. A lot of this has to do with impostor syndrome which is why the idea of a blind applications would, in my opinion, help many other talented founders think of applying.
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by marquis 13y ago
The pressure of not being a 25 year old guy, basically. Or 25 for that matter.
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by marquis 13y ago
As another female founder I concur: blind applications would make me more comfortable to consider applying to funds in general, not just YC. As an audio processing geek, getting male and female voices to sound the same is actually pretty ha
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by marquis 13y ago
We only use this method for new and junior developers, for maybe 2-3 months depending on how quick they are to get up to speed and we trust that every day is spent on something constructive.
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by marquis 13y ago
I think all knowledge workers should note what they did at the end of the day - it helps with accountability and gives a sense of achievement. For example a tool like idonethis.com helps you and everyone stay up-to-date and see quickly wher
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by marquis 13y ago
Delegation means knowing exactly what results you want, and if your staff aren't skilled enough being able to lay it out down to the line with direct tasks with clear finish lines for each task. We do a lot of training, so when work
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by marquis 13y ago
Starting a business begins as a unicorn job, and if you're lucky you find out that you also enjoy running a business. And get to keep your unicorn part-time job. Also, having other people help build your unicorn. I LOVE what I do every
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by marquis 13y ago
Estrogen and progestin are given in slow-release IUDs or subdermal methods. Is science not able to apply the same?
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by marquis 13y ago
"All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed". If these are his words to be remembered by, history will have kind thoughts for him.
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by marquis 13y ago
I watched an exclusive live broadcast with a world-famous artist recently in his studio. It was free but I would happily have paid. I see a massive future in virtual concerts, where by limiting access you give exclusivity, and with twitter
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by marquis 13y ago
I'm not a parent. But goddamn if I don't want parents to give their children the best possible early childhood that is available. If that costs me 30% of my salary, so that our society is healthy, educated, safe, well-balanced I&#
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by marquis 13y ago
So women have the opportunity to give birth and raise children in a safe, welcoming society, so you have a healthy population and grandkids around to pay for elderly social services? Is 'paying it forward' anathema?
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by marquis 13y ago
>Demanding that one size fits all, that the government has figured out the correct style of maternal care once and for all time The countries mandated by legislation do not force parents to take leave. As you say, many parents prefer t
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by marquis 13y ago
I'd like to see you go on to the streets and ask 10 random women with children if they would like the fathers of their children to have the same amount of parental leave as them (or more!). Outside of exceptional circumstances the answ
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by marquis 13y ago
And makes an attempt to force all OSX developers to deliver via the App store.
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by marquis 13y ago
Same in New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Portugal (to add to your list of just getting a pre-paid SIM). Getting a mini-SIM is a bit more expensive at the moment if you have a newer phone. In the U.S. T-Mobile doesn't ask for anything id

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